department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future.

>> evening everyone. welcome to the commission meeting. anthony, roll call. >> this is the meeting of the tran04 tran02. it is tuesday, september 24, 2019 and the time is 5:01 p.m. a note and the ringing and use of cell phone and electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. plea -- please be advised that any person may be removed for the ringing of any electronic device. a note to the public, there is a public comment on every item on the agenda, as well as an opportunity for general public, for items that are not on the agenda. also an opportunity for general public,, that is during item five. we ask that you fill out a speaker card and handed to me and i'll hand them to you also

have a right to speak anonymously. after we call all the speaker card, i will call up folks if they want to speak anonymously. i one, call to order and. [roll call] there is a quorum. item 2, presidents welcome and items for discussion. >> good evening everyone, and thank you for being here tonight on this very warm evening. we at least two appear to have some air conditioning. we have a very full agenda, and we will looking at an issue that is key to our environmental success. electrification. we will consider two resolutions from the policy committee.

how the city is going to electrify its buildings and transportation systems? as we consider electrification initiatives, efficiency must always be the guiding force that moves us forward tonight we will hear recommendations from the energy efficiency coordinating committee report. additionally we will consider this year's reduced risk list. finally, they are also looking forward to hearing about the work of our city department partners. one of our most important roles, as commissioners on the environment, is to help other city departments realize their environmental goals. we also have some staff recognition before we move forward. we want to recognize the new staff from the environment now team. please come up until tell us your name, and what you are most passionate about in your new roles.

as you come forward to introduce yourselves, these are our boots on the ground, our ambassadors as they are in the community. please step forward. who wants to start? >> hello everyone. my name is wendy. i'm on the environment now team. what i most passionate about is going door to door outreach with the residents and businesses. the most interesting is how to educate people, and how to use. [inaudible] that is the most interesting for me so far. thank you.

>> i am most excited about mostly getting into the community and talking to everyday people about the ways they can reduce their waste, and best practices for zero waste. thank you. >> hi. my name is kalin. the most passionate thing -- or the thing i most passionate about is getting people to be more aware about the consumption , and like really creating that environment for them. you know, getting them in touch with the nature around them and everything. thank you. >> hi everyone. my name is ken,. [inaudible]

i can educate residents how to use, reduce, to keep our environment sustainable. now i am looking at several projects such as residential impact. [inaudible]

>> i am on the team of environment now. my passion is to be one of the first to implement the messages from the department on the new ordinance. also, do the best practice messages to businesses and residents. thank you. >> my name is allison, i'm working with the policy on public affairs. i am passionate about working on legislation that makes sustainability equitable for everyone. >> anyone else? some applause for our ambassadors and our boots on the ground. [applause] before we move into tonight's business, i thought it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge last week's global climate strikes that was organized and led by young people. young courageous people, and of

course most notably greta. on behalf of the commission on the environment, i'm going to give a short statement of our supported solidarity with the youth. as commissioners committed to address other global climate crisis, we know that young people are inheriting a world that is racing towards climate catastrophe. last week we watched as young people, from around the world, stepped up with a massive coordinated school strike to protect government and business and action on climate change. to protest rather. millions of students from over 120 countries took to the streets for what some are calling the largest environmental protest was on the history. the truth is, young people have the largest reshaped by climate change. the worst consequences of

unchecked climate change falls to future generations. that is why strikers are demanding that the policy response the climate crisis centers on the issue of justice. it is the people who contribute the least to the problem who stand to suffer the most. we agree with the calls for immediate and accelerated action to stop burning fossil fuels, and to ensure a rapid transition to a clean energy economy that prioritizes equity and justice. the commission on the environment stands in solidarity with the millions of young people, around the world, who are raising their voices organized in their communities, and calling to make addressing the climate crisis a top priority. before i ask for public comment, i want to ask if any of my fellow commissioners would like to add to this message? commissioners?

commissioners stephenson? >> thank you for that, that was wonderful. i spent last week watching the tv and crying my way through outs, being elated, and overwhelmed and slightly embarrassed to be perfectly honest that it takes a bunch of kids to get out there and protest to get people to stand up and take note. but it also made me incredibly proud to be in san francisco specifically. this city consistently leads on this issue, and i think for those of you that don't know, one of the reasons i set up here , years ago i started a company that published a little tip every single day and told people how to be more environmentally friendly. things they could do in choices they could make that would be different. i think as time goes on it has

become more and more obvious to all of us that while the small changes that people make will add up, they are not going to add up fast enough. the things that we have to do are going to be policies by both cities and countries around the world, and it is going to be technologies that are going to help lead us forward into the future. for both of those reasons i am proud to be where i sit, not only appear on the commission, but also in this area where we support both technologies and bold visions. it was a very strange thing to be embarrassed and elated at the same time. that is what i was. i wholeheartedly support the students who were striking. >> thank you. anyone else? if not, do we have public comment on the presidential welcome? okay.

public comment after every item. if there aren't any, we can go onto the next item. >> the next item is item three, approval of minutes on the may 208th meeting,. >> do i hear a motion to approve the draft minutes for may 28, 2019? moved by commissioner ambrose. any discussions or any changes commissioners? public comment on this item the approval of the minutes of? all in favor of approving the minutes? motion passes. next item.

>> item four, approval of minutes on the august 5, 2019 commission on the environmental meeting. this item is for discussion and action. >> this was a special meeting which took place at aaron's head park echo center. may have a motion to approve the minutes of the august 5, 2019 commission on the environmental meeting? moved by commissioner sullivan and seconded by commissioner stephenson. any public comment on this item? hearing none. all of those in favor signal by saying i. any opposed? motion carries. next item. >> item five, general public comment. embers of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda.

>> you have a public comment? >> my name is connie cobbs. i showcased in tri- valley come and ran trying to get municipalities with my business model. my business model is reusable bags and it has been and will be for a long time. i wanted to try to offset like unfunded liabilities, just as we do our lottery system. i wanted to enhance the lottery. i don't want to take away from the lottery. they started as lotto bags and lotto bag tags that can scan the bags. competitions where you might have one city try to have more

bag return done another city. try to buy bags in support of causes. for instance, our cabdrivers. maybe cancer. maybe charitable organizations. i have pitched this to tran04 back in 2,006. the mayor should be on board with it, newsome should know about it. i forget her name, but anyhow, i am very interested in getting this off of the ground, and i want to get back to the corporations and the major stores and organizations that i spoke with before. i don't know who i would present to, because it is. i know -- i don't want it too

upset too much. i wanted to enhance the friendly competition. i think it will happen. i left my business cards in the car, my number is 925-449-1658. there should also be some paperwork with my name on it from a past meeting that i have been to down at the board of supervisors as well as, you know the communications i have. i will be in touch with you shortly, if you have any brainstorms on how to make this right, again i don't want to upset other interests, i want to enhance and i want to make money as well. call me. 925-449-1658. use a bag, a lotto bags. thank you so much. >> anyone else? >> the next item is item six, presentation of a commission on

the environment -- environmental service award to the san francisco international airport. >> commissioner chu has a great privilege of presenting our awards today. environmental service award to the san francisco international airport. commissioner chu wrote a great piece on greater public and private partnerships when it comes to transportation solutions. thank you for doing that. >> thank you. today it is my great honor to present the commission on the environmental -- environment -- environmental service award to san francisco international airport where i was just at 45 minutes ago. [laughter] here to accept the award is aaron cook. excellent. our partner of the chief administration policy office department, excellent. even better. among the major international

airports come of the world has established itself as a climate pioneer in the their accomplishments include; sourcing greenhouse gas free electricity, long before most of their per competitors were thinking about this contributing to the airport's greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 39% this past year. reducing water usage for passengers 20% below 2013 levels. becoming the first airport to ban single use plastic water bottles in august of 2019, and plastic food where and accessories in march. 16 leed certified projects on their campus with ten more registered to be certified under its current 7.4 billion ascent program. being one of the first users of blue planet concrete in the world during terminal one construction, which uses carbon aggregates to significantly reduce embodied carbons. the list goes on and on. among city departments and

facilities, it is unique and that it is the first place the city can make a great environmental first impression on visitors. visitors that are just transiting, and the only chance to make an environmental impression. that makes s.f.o. the ideal pace to demonstrate our stewardship to all corners of the world. whether it is seeing solar panels from the air train, or buying aluminum water bottle for reuse instead of single use plastic water bottles. those policies can drive awareness, and behavior change and shift cultural paradigm. because they are a travel hub, cultural diffusion in the most modern sense. people expands on there and here they can take flight to the routine travel that happens every day at san francisco international airport. without i am pleased to join my colleagues and resenting you with the commission on the environment environmental service award. [applause] on behalf of our airport

director we are honored to receive this award. we love working as part of our city and county family. thank you. it is a really great honor. we are thrilled to be here amongst other awardees. thank you for the recognition. >> commissioners, are there any comments? questions? we are going to do a group photo i'm sorry. yes. we are going to do a group photo, but i think there comments first. okay. great. we will do a photo, we would just do it probably after the second award. then we will all come down at the same time.

>> s.f.o. aaron, you personally, i just have to say are such an amazing contributor to the city family. we scored so big when you decided to leave your previous job and lead the sustainability efforts of s.f.o. she is a force to be reckoned with, she leaves the best meeting i think i've ever been in. she could lead any meeting that i have to go to. they are so productive, and she does such hard work to be prepared so that everyone get something out of it. you're just amazing. she is lucky, too, because she works in an organization that is a small city. ed has made a decision to leave the world truly in realizing what the potential is for an airport to do. there is no green airport on the planet, and i am so grateful for everything you do.

as commissioner. >> five said, you are a test bed for things, sometimes they work well, sometimes it not work well but the airport is going to try. to share what you learn so that everyone can follow in your footsteps. s.f.o. >> any comments? any public comment on this item? we can do a quick photo. >> the next item, anthony. >> item seven, presentation of a commission on the environment -- environmental service award to the severance go department of. >> this will be presented by commission -- commissioner wan.

>> this is a long list of accomplishments, please be prepared. it is my great honor to present the san francisco department of human resources unaware. mickey callahan, the director -- the initiatives are what we need. specifically we need to generate and create less waste. indeed, this was one of our goals. to reduce waste by 15%. it's only been a year since the summit, city agencies like the human resources department are already stepping up. here's a list of what they are doing. $35 million in employee benefit payments, 80% will be converted from paper checks to electronic fund transfers resulting in the elimination of 26,000 paper

checks to employees. an estimated 4400 checks will be eliminated. the final phase, of this project, will be in 2021 creating a system interface tempe medical providers electronically which will replace approximately 33388 checks annually. that is less waste generation, reducing consumption also reducing carbon emissions. this particular instance we are saving trees. many around the country, the world, san francisco city departments are the cities best environmental ambassadors. we hear, at commission on the environment, are proud cooperating with sustainability into aspects of your operation that most people think about from a sustainable perspective. you are, and that shows dedication. the commission, we are often

talking about about what needs to be done that are leading the way. [inaudible] i want to express my thanks for agreeing to send our transportation survey to all city employees so we can find out which modes of transportation city employees are using on a daily basis. therefore, how we can best assist them in moving to more sustainable modes. with that, i am pleased to also join my colleagues in presenting you with the commission on the environment -- environmental service award. [applause] >> it is a great honor to be here. i want to highlight, this really follow something we did a couple of years ago which was to move all city employees to direct deposit. it was a lot more complex due to workers compensation because of regulatory environment it -- sending checks. prior to this initiative we had

been sending a file to chicago, where they would print checks and mail them to all of our recipients, as payments. this has been a huge initiative the last several years. i want to call out peggy sugarman, our contractor, stanley who made it all happen he is our assistant manager for worker's comp. also the office of the treasurer, as well. it is interesting, as far as we can tell we have the first large employer -- the only large employer that is actually doing this. it is such a tough regulatory environment. the information how to process to do this, in a confidential manner, is really hard to do. where there is a will, there is a way. our team pulled it off. stay tuned for the next phase which is to all of the vendors, the medical providers who provide services will be paid electronically, as well. we are excited about that. it is a great honor. thank you. >> any comments?

>> mickey, director callahan, i just want to say this is such a great honor for us to thank you. you don't have the word sustainability or environment, in your title, or any of the people's titles that you mentioned. yet they have it in their blood, and you have it in your core. you decided as the leader of this department to persevere, and when mickey first told me about this she was so excited, and honestly i didn't understand the big deal. i'm thinking, don't we all do electronic text by now? she said "no, this is really hard". when she said this regulatory environment, it sounds like such a benign phrase. it was obviously such a challenge to pull this off, and then to show people, and i am assuming this is all around the country, everybody has the same challenge you do.

showing what is possible, doing it because it is the right thing to do. commissioner stevenson, when you were talking about your reaction to the climate strike, and this place of pride, knowing that san francisco leads by example. it is so deep within the organization of our city departments. it makes me so proud and grateful. dinky so much, director, for your leadership throughout the department of human resources on all of the work you do. thank you for taking lead on this. >> thank you very much. >> any other comments? if not, do we have any public comment on this item? if not, we are going to take a photo with our two recipients this evening. [please stand by] [please stand by]

>> thank you. >> okay. remembered with for our next item. >> a presentation on the findings of the san francisco energy efficiency coordinating committee. the sponsor is deborah and the chair is the energy efficiency

committee and antonio diaz, a member of the energy efficiency committee. the item is for discussion. >> president, may i introduce? >> yes, please. thank you. >> thank you. in 2017, then supervisor eric mar recognized the importance of the intersection between energy efficiency and equity. the health of our small businesses, of our disadvantaged communities across san francisco. and he wanted to make sure that the department of the environment and the public utilities public utilities commission were hearing from if the right people as we designed our own programs. frankly we were thrilled by this challenge to us, to engage with community in a meaningful way about energy efficiency programming. and so what better leaders for us to have than the two people who are standing before us

tonight, who have stepped up in a significant way to lead this discussion and then bring all of that information together in a report and then meet with us about the report, as well as p.u.c. to think about, given all of the recommendations, how do we start to prioritize and think about the first things we need to do differently. and i can say it's already impacted the work that we do here in our energy efficiency programming and it's also set some priorities for the future that i'm excited for you to hear about tonight. so thank you both for your leadership and. would you introduce yourself, as well as who you work with, just as a context. that would be wonderful. >> go ahead. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is antonio diaz. i'm with the economic rights. i'm the organization's director. >> and my name is avni jamdar.

we're a local non-profit working in several markets across, but very importantly on green issues with community, labor and workforce. >> and director raphael will set the context. we'll have an energy efficiency coordinating committee came about. i was closely involved with supervisor mar, eric mar at the time, in terms of supporting the legislation. the committee brought together a cross sector of stakeholders, representing workforce training, the small business sector, non-profit, affordable housing, green jobs and environmental justice. we met throughout 2016 and into 2017 to come up with the report and recommendations that avni will be speaking about in a moment. i shut mention the work of the committee was supported by

staffing from the department of the environment. i want to commend anthony to his hard work in supporting our efforts. and also by staff at the san francisco public utilities commission. and i must also mention that our work was greatly supported by the leadership, vision, and just commitment to this work that cal had exhibited throughout all of this proprocess. definitely want to mention that. the report is actually dedicated to cal. the -- one thing in closing, the context of this, that i also wanted to mention, is that for us the focus in terms of looking at energy efficiency in san francisco, as stated in the legislation, was definitely to do this from a perspective of equity. so, for example, in the language from the legislation, it's talks about how our recommendations should be shaped by, for example, how the city should give priority in connection with

energy efficiency spending, to low-income communities and communities that are disproportionately impacted by localized health and economic threats of toxic pollution. that the city should maintain and monitor the effectiveness of policies that ensure jobs and other economic benefits and energy efficiency. and green sector industries, specifically benefit low-income san francisco residents and target the environmental justice communities, et cetera. so just to mention that our proceedings definitely took this to heart in terms of having an equity focus to the work, that we conducted for over -- over a year. i want to turn it over to avni, who chaired our committee. >> thank you so much, antonio. so i'm not going to get too detailed. but take you a little bit into the weeds. we're going to turn -- >> sfgov. there we go. >> are we going to have the recommendations up on the screen? they are now. thank you.

so quite dense. but i'm going to walk you through it. the committee really recommends overall that the energy efficiency and distributed energy resources dollars. so money as well as programs are better synthesized and. and clients, especially those that are burdened by, you know, other factors like low-income residents of san francisco find if harder to access some of these programs. so i'll quickly kind of go over our methodology. we basically started with mapping every single program around energy efficiency, that is offered either by the city or by third parties. so we looked at -- and we started with looking at all sectors. we looked at the large commercial sector, single family housing and municipal buildings.

and i would refer you to appendix a, which is in your report, where we basically list each of those programs by the amount that was spent annually in the year 2016, which is when our committee was active. and the city currently spends about $12 million ballpark in energy efficiency programs per year. so that's pretty significant amount. and, you know, it's impressive. and it's kind of expected of the city that takes leadership around -- on environment issues. the committee looked at both demand said and supply side programs. so we reviewed, you know, rebate incentive programs, but also the workforce training programs that are offered around energy efficiency. among the programs that we looked at was the s.f. energy watch program, which is a partnership with pg&e. we looked at multi-family

program, which is also implemented by s.f. environment. we invited several multi-family owners like chinatown, cdc and affordable housing advocates like california housing partnership to offer their expertise and inputs on energy efficiency in multi-family affordable. we looked at the esap program, which is focused on low-income residents. and sfpuc provided an overview of their programs. we also invited on the supply side oewd to talk about how they train around energy efficiency. we invited a staff to present on c.c.a.s, on the c.c.a. and what its current priorities are in building out, you know, their energy efficiency offerings. at the time they were more --

really now is the time where we're starting to think about how they're going to be shaped. we invited clean energy and other c.c.a. to learn from their experience how they build built out the energy efficiency offerings. so with that i will turn to the recommendations themselves. i'm sorry you cannot read those. but i'll walk you through them. so there was six broad areas of recommendations that we prioritized. these are based on the case studies and various sections in the report, that provide more detailed and insight into each of them. the first area is to expand programs for low-income residents. i'm just going to walk you through the recommendations and not going to the implementation strategy. that's something that we can discuss maybe in a more detailed discussion. so 1.1 recommendation is that the cpuc allows local governments to lower the

threshold for the esap program. right now it's set at $9,000 a household, which is at federal poverty levels. so a lot of local san francisco residents don't qualify for the esap program, because that threshold is too low. so they don't qualify and, therefore, don't get those incentives. so that's one of our recommendations. the second is that the city establish a comprehensive d.e.r. program for low-income residents, that is citywide and has the potential to create better service, oversight and equitable distribution of dollars from potential funding sources, including and not limited to cap and trade. 1.3 is supporting altering program, cost effectiveness evaluations at the cpuc, to include nonenergy savings benefits. this is very important because a lot of low-income residents don't think of greenhouse gas emissions as a priority in their

life, you know. but health impacts. it's huge priority for most families. so if you're, you know, going to have low incidences of asthma or other health-related impacts of indoor air quality, you know, those should be included in the evaluation themselves, of these programs. so i'm going to move on into the next performance area, which is bolster workforce development opportunities. so the first one here is to support contractor training for small minority contractors to increase the capacity and access to financing to bid on green and public sector projects. so this is really a business development and capacity building kind of recommendation. the second is focused on workforce, which is the training programs in san francisco, related to construction, should consider including an upscaling confidence around d.e.r. so just adding more deals around that. 2.3 is to improve coordination

among local organizations, providing workforce development trainings and comprehensive d.e.r. programs. so they're all related. but really we feel like the supply side programs could really use a boost, especially we have the contractors' assistance center in the e.p.a. -- bay view. that's the ideal location to have some of these upscaling programs and, you know, especially the contractor training modules. moving on into the next performance area. this is increased the financing for small businesses. now some of these have happened. like the first one which is the expand the s.f. environment microloan program for projects below $5,000. i believe that has been done. so hooray. the next one is that we support s.f. environment environments to implement the multi-family bay model into commercial properties. we hill recommend that. i believe that has happened as

well. and the third is we support pay for performance program, developed through programs offered by s.f.e. and the sfpump c. and the next one that we consider a model in which businesses of a similar type be aggregated and energy measures are done on those to reduce cost and complexity. an example is the pilot project that was done for refrigeration across all small stores and small businesses. and that was a huge success. kind of taking one measure and going across the sector is often an effective way of, you know, having a big impact. the next performance area is to prioritize multi-family housing. thank you. here we say that san francisco offers customer friendly, comprehensive programs for distributed energy resources. this recommendation goes across

our -- all of our recommendations, is to have a one-stop hub for residents to access. because often these programs are siloed and don't stack well together, especially the multi-family sector. and especially the multi-family affordable sector, because they have multiple barriers to doing these efficiency projects. and having, for example, a payment mechanism that owners can put the cost of upgrades and repay them through their bill, would be a game changer we feel in opening up retrofits in that sector. the next one here is to increase outreach to other city agencies, apartment owners and managers, associations about this one-stop shop. and i'll stop there for that one. the next performance area is to streamline the process for energy upgrades.

again establish a d.e.r. ombudsman program, really that goes to the one-stop shop recommendation. the next one is that public interfacing agencies promote these programs that exist. you know, so someone approaches, you know, another department, they learn about, you know, what s.f. environment and sfpuc arounds efficiency, to meet the goals of the climate action plan. the next one here is increasing the flexibility of historic preservation requirements, so that windows, doors, exteriors, et cetera, can be made for more efficient and less expensive materials. and here we collaborate with the historic architectural review board to update these requirements. the next one here is to create shared learning for energy efficiency and workforce development. so to learn from other programs, like we did from energy and other c.c.a.s in the bay area.

around the financing and so on. the next one is that s.f. environment continues to follow the p.u.c. efforts on the e.r.s, through participation in various regulatory proceedings, to ensure a comprehensive approach to energy solutions to reach the city's climate calls. the next performance area is to remove barriers to data collection. again this is very critical. and the first one here is already done, benchmarking of multi-family buildings. we're really excited top of access to the data in the next few years. the next one is the state of california change the data consents law to allow more access for local governments, to identify potential customers' participation in energy use. again very critical when we address multi-family upgrades. we don't have unit-level data. it's just like, you know, half information. and finally, we serve

individuals surveyed by energy efficient programs to learn about their challenges. so that's kind of the long list of our recommendations. we're happy to answer any questions at this point. >> chair: commissioner stevenson. >> yeah. thank you. that was awesome. first of all, i know that it's really hard to get all of that information and insight. so it's a heavy list that you guys just did. i think that as -- just a basic san francisco civilian, i think that when i hear things like this, from the outside, a lot of times it's like, well, of course, the city already knows all of this stuff. this information already exists somewhere. but it doesn't. and it really takes the hard efforts from you guys to do these kinds of things. i really appreciate the work. my big question is what's next. i see this list of implementation strategies that you're recommending. and i see that a lot of them have very interesting

implications for things like the department of the environment and other city bodies. what's the next step to push this forward? and what do you need to output this >> one of the things we wanted was to present to the board of supervisors and have them, you know, look at the support. and that's to be done. but i think that we achieved an even more critical step a few weeks ago. we presented to the directors of s.f. environment and the power department at sfpuc barbara hail and debby and their staff. we had a really creative conversation about where we can take these recommendations. and i thought that was a really good sort of -- we set the few next steps for the two teaing agencies to work together. we were asked for priority recommendations. we offered two and made them more current. because right now this whole building d-decarbon nation work is popping and a lot of funding is coming that way.

i feel like we have already started the process of setting those next steps. would you like to add anything? >> i was looking at the director. because i think the department is moving forward, as avni mentioned in the reporting, some of these things have been done. i think the momentum is there. just a matter of keeping at it. >> and is there -- are there plans or is there sort of political will or financing to keep this kind of to track what's happening against these recommendations going forward? >> that is not a question -- [laughter] >> yeah. so what we did -- i mean, that -- as avni said, we have a really interesting discussion with p.u.c. and what's interesting about the timing of this is at the same time that they were presenting the findings of the report, department of the environment and p.u.c. are starting to enter into a whole new phase of

partnership on energy efficiency. because the landscape of pg&e is changing so radically. and because clean power s.f. is fully enrolled, the p.u.c. has bandwidth to look at other opportunities for clean power s.f. to access additional revenue and additional rate-payer funds, that right now all go to pg&e. as we look to have access to those funds and starting to dictate how the funds would be used, we are hoping that san francisco p.u.c. would work order them over to the department of the environment for our energy efficiency programs, that we would be doing in close partnership with sfpuc. the timing of this was really outstanding, because we're starting to think not only about the ask of the california public utilities commission, but also the work plan for what it would look like. and this idea that keeps coming

up in the recommendations over and over in different forms is to simplify and make accessible the opportunities for funding to people who this is not their job. they're trying to either operate an affordable housing unit or they want to build one. and it's such a complicated landscape to try and figure out all of the different opportunities for energy efficiency. whether we call it an ombudsman or one-stop shop, the point of this is once the department of the environment has a little more freedom in the use of its funds. right now through pg&e they're so restricted, we don't have a lot of flexibility. once we can get the funds through clean power s.f., that gives us more flexibility to do some of these recommendations that we've been frankly wanting to do. and it's so empowering and validating to see outside voices say, yeah, you know, this is really where you need to go next.

>> is the money that would come to us through clean power s.f., through the p.u.c., is that straight over like a grant in our budget program? or is that going to come through the general fund? >> that's a great question. i don't know the answer to that. it's money that the san francisco p.u.c. would have access to through the rate payers, through the public purchase charge. and how -- and whether we have to say -- the p.u.c. has to decide this as well. whether and how that money gets to us, is yet to be determined. >> commissioner wong. >> just a quick question for number 4, multi-family housing. does that also include s.r.o. buildings? because they share a lot of common challenges, including to contact the owner, to do all of the upgrades and also the rebate programs and also the challenges to -- upgrade the buildings as well. i would like to hear if you have any comments on that. >> i would say that s.r.o.s

are amongst the hardest of properties to retrofit. those are some specific challenges we're talking about there. but these recommendations we did look at s.r.o.s. and they include them absolutely as priority properties. >> i think it would be great if we could mention s.r.o. as part of this. >> sounds good. absolutely. >> as part of this recommendation. >> commissioner. >> a lot of great recommendations in here. you mentioned that you were asked to prioritize a couple and you picked two. i'm curious to know what those two were. >> i have them right here. [laughter] the first one is -- we actually coined a more catchy term, to establish a citywide clean energy building hub. a comprehensive approach to the e.r. programs for low-income residents for better service, et cetera. and the second one is to support contractor training for small minority contractors to increase their capacity and access in

green sector. those are the two we felt were the most critical to low-income communities, because that was our mandate. >> that will stick in our heads. thank you. >> chair: commissioner. >> i just wanted to also second commissioner wong's comments about making sure s.r.o.s are explicitly included. one thing also briefly looking at the mapping, there is a mention of a.b.1515. that is great. it better encompasses san francisco. having that map included, just so the public is more aware, i think it would be helpful as well. and just recognizing -- it's an ongoing process, continuously improving. and hopefully will better reflect environmental justice communities throughout the bay area. the question i wanted to pose back to you is actually around a total different subject labor. what is your assessment on the days of the apprenticeship pipeline? what kind of trades are we looking to onboard into energy efficiency work? >> well, you know, the

electricians, the mechanical trades remain the most relevant for this work. but the laborers are getting into this work. there. so i would say that those apprenticeship program that are more open to taking our opportunities in would be a better fit. but, yeah. i think that we need to engage labor more seriously around this issue. really. to have that conversation. >> and, of course, are there local c.p.o.s that you would currently recommend as relevant to this apprenticeship pipeline? >> c.p.o.s is working on the apprenticeship pipeline. well, you know, a lot of them were reflected in our committee itself. >> yeah. >> do you want to add anything? >> yeah. yes. as commissioner knows, some of those training program representatives were part of the process. commissioner and his colleagues

were not officially on the committee, but attended every meeting. >> yeah. i mean, i would say that, you know, obviously city build academy, which is our apprenticeship program and the pre-preapprenticeship programs that serve them, whether it's mission hiring program, apri, conservation core, youth build. all of those are preparing our youth, low-income youth to access these careers. so aligning those pre-apprenticeships into the apprenticeships would be a great way to kind of make that pipeline robust. >> that's very helpful. thank you. >> director raphael. >> yes. yes, with the permission of the president, i see that lowell chew is sitting there. and because the energy efficiency programs are under him, i'm wondering if it would be okay for him to comment a little bit on what he heard, as well as perhaps add on next

steps in his words. >> thank you, director raphael. good evening, commissioners. i'm lowell chew, as debby has mentioned. i heard a lot of great ideas from the report. and some of the things that avni had mentioned that are already implemented, for example, the commercial program. that's modeled after the multi-family. it's always open enrollment in october. as well as the paper performance piece she mentioned is also incorporated and that it was in that commercial program. more importantly i think that as director raphael mentioned that our partnership is a really unique opportunity to capture what is recommended in the documents and actualizing the operationallize. some of the equity pieces i know are the same pieces that power s.f. is aware of and is focusing on. and coinciding that, the

one-stop shop. it's always a concept that's been brought up. the difficulty in operationallizing it. in some senses what we're doing now at s.f.e. is that single point of contact for energy efficiency-related services. so we want to make that more defined and more catered towards the equity components in the recommendations. >> any other comments? do we have any public comment on item 8? okay. hearing none, next item, anthony. better here?

okay. >> the next item is item 9, presentation on sustainability initiatives at the san francisco international airport. the sponsor is deborah raphael, the speaker is erin cooke, director of sustainability and environmental policy, san francisco international airport. this item is for discussion. [ please stand by ]